Child of Paradise Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema |
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| Author:
| Turk, Edward Baron |
| Series title: | Harvard Film Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-86559-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Marcel Carné symbolizes the period, approximately 1930-1945, when French cinema recaptured the creative vitality and prestige it had relinquished almost completely to the American film industry. The first critical biography of this director of classic films, including the epic historical romance Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise), relates the saga of Carné's meteoric rise in the 1930s and his decline from critical grace after the war.
Marcel Carné symbolizes the period, approximately 1930-1945, when French cinema recaptured the creative vitality and prestige it had relinquished almost completely to the American film industry. The first critical biography of this director of classic films, including the epic historical romance Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise), relates the saga of Carné's meteoric rise in the 1930s and his decline from critical grace after the war.